Font Sizes Vary on Blog Entries and Summaries

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    hadenp · Member ·

    On the blog section of my site (“Tutoring”), the font size varies depending on whether you view summaries ( smaller ) or an individual entry ( larger ). What’s causing the fonts size to change?

    For Post #3, the full entry is displayed as a bullet list – which is correct, but the bullets don’t show as a summary. Why?

    My blog section has a page defined to contain the posts. Is that necessary, preferred or neither?

    Thank you!

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    justpi · Member ·

    a) That’s the way the theme is designed. You have changed the font size for:
    .site-content .entry-title
    If you want the same font size on the single post view, you need to add CSS for this selector too:
    .single .site-content .entry-title

    b) Auto excerpts display the beginning of the text, with all HTML stripped out (so no lists, no paragraph or line breaks, no bold or italics, no links, no images, etc). If you don’t like this, you need to create your own custom excerpts (including code) in the Excerpt module of the post editor.

    c) Sorry, I don’t understand your third question.

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    hadenp · Member ·

    justpi,
    Thanks very much for your responses. I used the customize feature to add CSS. Are you able to see this using Firebug or other tool? – just curious.

    re: third question…Is a page needed to display blog posts? I have a “Tutoring” page. If I remove it, will clicking on the menu “Tutoring” show a blog post? Hope this is clearer… : -)

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    1tess · Moderator Emeritus ·

    You do not need to have a blog with dated posts, which you update regularly and can categorize.

    That is, you do not need to have a blog.

    But a blog on WordPress.com gives search engines new things to find and index.

    A blog also serves to keep your readers updated on what you are doing, and allows you the opportunity to expound on what services you provide. I mean articles or stories about your tutoring experiences which appeal to people. Not just bullet points.

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    1tess · Moderator Emeritus ·

    Two more things.
    A. I do not see the theme designer/WordPress.com credits on your site. Please review the Terms of Service you agreed to when you set up your site:
    http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

    11. Attribution. Automattic reserves the right to display attribution links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com,’ theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar. Footer credits and the WordPress.com toolbar may not be altered or removed regardless of upgrades purchased.

    I’m borrowing computers so perhaps I missed that on your site, but after all the work you have done, you need to know that hiding the attribution could mean that your site will be suspended for violating the ToS.

    B. You didn’t ask about this and I only mean to be a helpful volunteer, but I’ve had experience with sites offering services. Do you plan to do the tutoring online or in a specific place? You should make it clear if you want to work with a particular school district, city, county, or online so location does not matter.

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